By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Lance Blythe was a 19-year-old college freshman on Sept. 11, 2001. The Overton native was sleeping in that morning, instead of attending class at Central Community College in Hastings, when his alarm clock radio delivered the horrific news. America was under attack. Blythe raced to campus, where he watched the tragedy unfold on a TV in the student union. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. Two … [Read more...] about 20 years ago, UNK senior Lance Blythe left college to serve his country
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Walker Art Gallery exhibit commemorates 9/11
An exhibit in UNK's Walker Art Gallery pays tribute to all the people impacted by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. "9/11, Remembering 20 Years" is a collection of artworks based on different story lines, heroic events and design interpretations of that turbulent day from UNK’s Art and Design students, faculty and alumni. Their art and design projects are an expression of their experience that day or years later. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ryan Teten also … [Read more...] about Walker Art Gallery exhibit commemorates 9/11
UNK art, design students create 9/11 tribute
KEARNEY – Art and design students at the University of Nebraska at Kearney have created a 9/11 tribute and art display to honor Sept. 11. The public presentation, titled “Hello, 911 Tribute and Art Display,” currently is on display through Monday on the lawn south of the UNK Health and Sports Center, 2501 15th Ave. “As each academic year brings a new group of art and design students to UNK, they also develop a different viewpoint or understanding of 9/11 events,” … [Read more...] about UNK art, design students create 9/11 tribute
